Seal.



LEWIS A. FOUTE, F CHKIAGO, I'L'LINUih.

SEAL.

Speecationof Letters Pilatent.

Patented May 4, 1909.

Application 1ed January 30, 1907. Serial No. 354,942.

\To (IZZwmm it may concern:

fie 1t known that I, LEWIs A. FooTE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illi' nois, have invented a new and useful Improvenient in Seals, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly 'to seals ada ted for use in connection with shackles, cor s, and the like; and my primary' object is to provide a seal involving a minimum Cost to manufacture and a maximum of safety features, coupled with convenience v in use,

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sheetmetal member employed in the construction of the seal; Fig. 2, a -perspective view' of a completed seal adapted to receive the ends of a shackle or of a tying-cord; Fig. 3, a transverse section taken as indicated at line 3 of Fig. 2 and illustrating in detail the manner in which a soft-metal, or lead, connecting member is employed in connection with the sheet-metal member shown in Fig` l; Fig. 4, a perspective View showing the seal illustrated in Fig. 2 applied to the ends of a bagtie and press-fastened thereon; Fig. 5, a perspective view of the Seal in connection with a permanently att-ached wire shackle.

In the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, A represents a sheet-metal member forming a part of my improved seal; B, a soft-metal connecting member forming a part of said seal, and C, a bag-tie or a cord-shackle to the ends ofwvbich the seal shown in Fig. 2 has been applied and seal-pressed thereon. 'Ihe member A may be conveniently formed of an elongated iece of sheet-metal bent upon itself 'and' raving shackle-eyes formed therein, as illustrated. lt comprises, in the formed conditionshackleeyes a and a connecting web (L. ln the preferred formation, an intermediate transverse section (1,2 of the metal strip forms a portion of the Web (L1, the adjoining portions of the metal are curved into cylindrical shape to form the eyes (L, and the end-margins u," (L4 of the st tl'ip are caused to overlap and lie upo'n the section d to form the rcmaindcr of the'web a'. margins (l (r and the underlying section (L2 are provided with elongated openings cf" adaptcl to receive the two-part shank or Web ofthe connecting member B. As thus described, the member A is provided between it eyes with external open channels d adapted lto receive the elongated heads of the connecting member B.

The memberB is preferabl)v formed of lead, or a compound thereof, and has a two-part Aweb or shank b extending through the openings ((.5, and has elongated heads b1 formed integrally with said shank and received by the open channels (ti and thus confined between the eyes (1 ol' the sheet-metal member. The member B may be formed by casting lead in connect-ion with the member A, as formed in F ig. 1, thereby giving to the lead the formation illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, it being undei-stood that the lead runs through the openings (L5 to ferm the two-part shank co1.- necting the heads b1. Preferably, the main portions of the eye-forming sections of the sheet-metal member are left exposed, as illustrated. f

lVhen the seal is applied to the ends of a cord, as illustrated in Fig. 4, the ends of the cord are Slppedinto the eyes (1 and a sealpress is employed to crimp the eyes u on the cord and ap )ly-such characters 'to t 1e lead portion of tire seal as may be'desircd. vIn

' Fi 4- a7 indicates crim s or corruffations Y i C which have been produced in the shackle-receiving eyes ((,the shackle-receiving eyes having beenlattened in the same o )eraf ion.

ln the construction illustrated in Fig.- 5, Ax represents a sheet-metal member similar to the member A; B1, a lea-d membersimilar to the member l3;'a11d (l, a wire shackle. 'l`he cmlstruction is the same as shown in Figs. l to 3 inclusive, except that the shackle-eyes are smaller than illustrated in said figures, and one .end of the shackle (l1 has been inserted andpermancntly secu red in one of the eyes by providing crimps a". ln use, the free end of the shackle is inserted in the remaining eye of the. member Af,- and the sealpress is then applied to compress said eye upon the free end of the shackle and apply the desired characters to the lead portion of the seal.

It is noteworthy that the improved construction provides for the use of a minimum arnountol lead for receiving the impression of the charactm's i o be applied thmeto,and leaves the shaclde-gripping portions of the sheetmetal member ex )osed to view. This is important', inasmucii as it is impossible to rc loav prisingy n shrfeeinelal member having one end e1 sind shackle and ninf'ing et .ds oppesitey fed/fe u stringhe s1mel le-eve sind sheet-metal in H .2 l

member having intermediate eernally open channels extei1 -ling ironi end to end. of 'die pose set fort h.

seal, 'and lead confined in said channels throughout their length, leaving the sheetinetal of said shackle-eye exposed. I

2. In combination, a shackle, a seal coniprising :i sheet-metal member having shackleeyes ab its lateral edges, one end of said shackle extending into one of said eyes and the metal compressed thereon to form a permanent attachment, said sheet1ne ber having superposed portions between said eyes with perform-ions therein, and a softlnetal connecting mexnber having a web or shank extending through said pel'l'orations and having heads lying parallel with said eyes between the planes thereof, for the pur- LEWIS A. roofrn. .ln presence ol-,

A. U. THORIEN,

J. H. LANDES.

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